Generally covering the broad topics of computing and related technology.
She was a star engineer who warned that messy AI can spread racism. Google brought her in. Then it forced her out. Can Big Tech take criticism from within?
What Really Happened When Google Ousted Timnit Gebru Read More
Most people point to Sneakers, Hackers, or WarGames. They’re all wrong. The Wachowskis actually invented the ultimate cyber superhero.
The Matrix Is the Best Hacker Movie Read More
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. —Apple’s “Think Different” commercial, 1997.
Steve Jobs Read More
As financial pressures on climate risk and reputation grow, computing industry executives have made new commitments to reduce carbon emissions and impact.
Good, Better, Best: How Sustainable Should Computing Be? Read More
By moving our data to portals that would share more value in return, we might capture more of our data value.
‘In Situ’ Data Rights Read More
If there is one legal issue that ought to be taught to all software engineers, it is, “Don’t read patents!”
Patent Absurdity Read More
From the point of market-opportunity awareness to the availability of a fully functional software product, the project took three weeks to complete and involved several state-of-the-art practices and tools.
Software Development in Disruptive Times Read More
This new capacity for scalable manipulation raises the question of how prepared people are to detect manipulated media.
Human Detection of Machine-Manipulated Media Read More
“The most interesting book ever written about Google” (The Washington Post) delivers the inside story behind the most successful and admired technology company of our time, now updated with a new Afterword.
In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives Read More
The data detectives at Bellingcat showed 60 Minutes how social media is providing evidence of alleged Russian war crimes and other atrocities.
How Bellingcat is using TikTok to investigate the war in Ukraine Read More
This story provides a case study of how academic researchers can refocus their research to answer policymakers’ questions.
Informing California Privacy Regulations with Evidence from Research Read More
Research and development of synthetic media will be better served if technical experts see themselves as part of the solution, and not the problem.
What To Do About Deepfakes Read More
Different communities can and do evolve different statements of scientific facts based on the same evidence.
Science Is Not Another Opinion Read More
Painstaking new techniques for archiving social media posts could provide crucial evidence in future prosecutions.
The Race to Archive Social Posts That May Prove Russian War Crimes Read More
Considering the origins, interpretations, and possible changes to Communications Decency Act § 230 amid an evolving online environment.
The Push for Stricter Rules for Internet Platforms Read More
Many facial recognition systems used by law enforcement are shot through with biases. Can anything be done to make them fair and trustworthy?
Can the Biases in Facial Recognition Be Fixed; Also, Should They? Read More
By combining two processors into one, the company has squeezed a surprising amount of performance out of silicon.
How Apple’s Monster M1 Ultra Chip Keeps Moore’s Law Alive Read More
The city is trying to lure in Silicon Valley types, hyping the promise of sun, sand, and seed rounds. Does it want Silicon Valley’s problems too?
Welcome to Miami, Where All Your Memes Come True! Read More
In Bounty Everything: Hackers and the Making of the Global Bug Marketplace, researchers Ryan Ellis and Yuan Stevens provide a window into the working lives of hackers who participate in “bug bounty” programs—programs that hire hackers to discover and report bugs or other vulnerabilities in their systems.
Bounty Everything: Hackers and the Making of the Global Bug Marketplace Read More
With more videos and images coming to light each day, Bellingcat and members of its Global Authentication Project have begun to log and map these incidents on an interactive TimeMap.
Hospitals Bombed and Apartments Destroyed: Mapping Incidents of Civilian Harm in Ukraine Read More